DENIED......Nazri
denies receiving RM3 million from a timber tycoon 'friend' but is unsure if the
latter lent his car to his son.
By : PATRICK LEE
KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in
the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Abdul Aziz has denied receiving any money
from timber tycoon Michael Chia over a purported RM40 million scandal involving
Sabah Umno.
He was responding to
Malaysia Today blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin (also known as RPK) who claimed
that Nazri and his son Mohamad Nedim received RM3 million and a sports car
respectively from Chia.
“Oh no, it’s not true, it’s
not true. Chia is a friend. I don’t know if he lent the car to my son. You have
to ask my son,” he told FMT in his office this afternoon.
Although he did not directly
criticise Raja Petra over the claim, Nazri said that he had no problem with
this matter being raised.
“RPK is a social person. He
mixes a lot with people, so he probably gets information from them. Then by
(Petra) writing this, it gives me the opportunity to give my side of the
story,” he said.
Nazri also stressed that he
had no influence over the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) or the
judiciary, adding that if he had, Chia’s case would have been dropped.
In a Malaysia Today report,
Raja Petra claimed that Chia personally came to Parliament to hand RM3 million
over to Nazri, after the latter allegedly resolved a matter relating to the
RM40 million scandal.
He also claimed that Home
Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Attorney-General Abdul Gani-Patail were
similarly involved.
Opposition will play the issue to attract people to them.
ReplyDeleteRPK sebelum ini byk buat pendedahan palsu, tak perlu percaya pada dia.
ReplyDeleteIni hanya permainan politik pembangkang. sebelum dekat PRU tiada pula bising macam ni.
ReplyDeleteRPK pun sama juga dengan SR.
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